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G. A. LOWRY. TWINE FOR BINDING GRAIN.

No. 412,963. Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. LOIVRY, OF DES MOINES, IOWVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO \VILLIAM L. MAY, OF SAME PLACE.

TWINE FOR BINDING GRAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,963, dated October 15, 1889. Application filed August 10, 1889. Serial No. 320,373. (No model.)

ball or spool and used in a grain-binder on a harvesterfor automati callybindin g sheaves as the machine is advanced in a field to cut and bind grain in a common way.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective View of a piece of my twine, showing the raw material projecting at one end to illustrate the manner of construction. Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the twine on a spool ready for use.

In the manufacture of my twine I place stems and blades of grass, hay, or straw into parallel position with each other and twist them together, and then wrap a thread of cotton or other suitable material around the outside to prevent any ends from projecting, and to produce and maintain auniform thickness and smooth surface, as required to adapt the twine to slip through the eye of a needle in a binder.

The raw material or finished twine may be advantageously wet with oil or other liquid I adapted to make the material pliable and to preserve its textile strength.

I claim as my invention- As an improved article of manufacture, a twine made of grass, hay, or straw, twisted together and wrapped with a thread made of cotton or other suitable material, substantially as. shown and described, for the purposes stated.

eEoEeE A. LOWRY.

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WILLIAM L. .MAY, THOMAS G. ORWIG. 

